No arms, just lending a hand


Police and military personnel at the Taman Dato Harun multipurpose hall after a briefing on March 22, 2020.- SHAARI CHEMAT/The Star

PETALING JAYA: The 31 army personnel assisting police to enforce the movement control order (MCO) here will not be carrying arms.

"For now, I am made to understand that military personnel will not be carrying their firearms and they will support us in terms of human power," said Petaling Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Nik Ezanee Mohd Faisal.

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